Impact of WWI on Germany

Make a list of the challenges facing Friedrich Ebert when he became the leader of Germany following the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II on Nov. 9, 1918. Organize the challenges as follows: Political Challenges -stress of the war led to a revolution from October to November 1918 -citizens hated the idea of democracy -citizens believed that politicians that were not strong had betrayed Hindenburg Social Challenges -the war killed so many people that 600,000 widowers were left and about 2 million children were left without fathers -huge gap in living standards between the wealthy and poor -workers were angry that factory workers got to continue being payed while the workers' income had a restriction placed on it -women were sent to work at factories which made social situations tense because people thought that was wrong in society Economic Challenges -national income decreased to about 1/3 of what it had been in 1913 -industrial production was about 2/3 of what it had previously been in 1913 -Germany was virtually bankrupt after the war was over -restrictions were placed on worker's earnings during the war